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The order of the Gospel, professed and practised by the churches of Christ in…
The order of the Gospel, professed and practised by the churches of Christ in New England, justified, by the Scripture, and by the writings of many learned men, both ancient and modern divines; in answer to several questions, relating to church discipline / by Increase Mather, president of Harvard College in Cambridge, and teacher of a church at Boston in New England. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts]The order of the Gospel, professed and practised by the churches of Christ in New England, justified, by the Scripture, and by the writings of many learned men, both ancient and modern divines; in answer to several questions, relating to church discipline / by Increase Mather, president of Harvard Colledge in Cambridge, and teacher of a church at Boston in New England. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1700
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Answ. It would be Simoniacal to Affirm that this Sacred Privilege may be Purchased with Money, or, that Contribution can Entitle to it. For,
Answ. It would be Simoniacal to Affirm that this Sacred Priviledge may be Purchased with Money, or, that Contribution can Entitle to it. For,
1. This is against the Scripture, and that in more respects than one.
1. The Scripture requires all that are taught to Contribute to him that is their Teacher. Gal. 6.6. But it does not say that all who are taught shall have power to choose a Pastor for that Church where they are taught. In the Primitives Times the Catechumens did many of them Contribute to him that was their Instructor, but not one of ⟨p. 68⟩them all had the privilege of Voting in the Election of the Churches Pastor.
1. The Scripture requires all that are taught to Contribute to him that is their Teacher. Gal. 6.6. But it does not say that all who are taught shall have power to chuse a Pastor for that Church where they are taught. In the Primitives Times the Catechumens did many of them Contribute to him that was their Instructor, but not one of ⟨p. 68⟩them all had the priviledge of Voting in the Election of the Churches Pastor.